Ethiopic (Geʻez)
ISO 15924: EthiAbugida56 total languages
Also known as: Geʻez, Ge'ezIANA registered: 16 October 2005
Example text
ሁሉም ሰዎች ነጻና ሰብዓዊ ክብርና መብት እኩልነት ተሰጥቷቸው ይወለዳሉ
Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.
Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
LTR value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Ge'ez script (Fidäl), used for Amharic, Tigrinya, Tigre, Ge'ez, Oromo, Somali, and many other Ethiopian and Eritrean languages. Descended from Old South Arabian.
Related Scripts
Unicode Blocks
4 Unicode blocks contain Ethiopic (Geʻez) characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →
The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.
Language-specific characters and typing resources
A script does not have one alphabet shared by every language. Compare these directly sourced CLDR locale repertoires.
Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)52
Afar
aar
Argobba
agj
Qimant
ahg
Aari
aiw
Alaba-K’abeena
alw
Amharic
amh
Anuak
anu
Awngi
awn
Bench
bcq
Burji
bji
Basketo
bst
Baiso
bsw
Boro (Ethiopia)
bwo
Bilin
byn
Bussa
dox
Gedeo
drs
Dawro
dwr
Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo
gax
Dirasha
gdl
Geez
gez
Gamo
gmv
Gofa
gof
Kistane
gru
Gumuz
guk
Gayil
gyl
Harari
har
Hadiyya
hdy
Inor
ior
Yemsa
jnj
Koorete
kqy
Kambaata
ktb
Konso
kxc
Dizin
mdx
Male
mdy
Melo
mfx
Shekkacho
moy
Majang
mpe
Mursi
muz
Mesqan
mvz
Me'en
mym
Sebat Bet Gurage
sgw
Saho
ssy
Silt'e
stv
Tirmaga-Chai Suri
suq
Tigre
tig
Tigrinya
tir
Wolaytta
wal
Wolane
wle
Xamtanga
xan
Komo (Sudan)
xom
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Single-source attestation (AUX)4
Hamer-Banna
amfSingle source
Kafa
kbrSingle source
Oromo
ormSingle source
Sidamo
sidSingle source